Mitch Albom: Trending quotes

“the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.”

Source: For One More Day

“Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.”

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”

Source: For One More Day

“It is no coincidence that the words 'trying' and 'dying' are only a few letters apart.”

Source: For One More Day

“People say they "find" love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms and it is never the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a CERTAIN love.”

Mitch Albom book The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

“when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.”

“What's wrong with being number 2?”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“When a lost loved one appears before you, it's your brain that fights it, not your heart.”

Variant: Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.
Source: For One More Day

“Love each other or perish.”

Source: For One More Day

“if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed."

She paused. "And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

“I saw in her expression that old, unshakable mountain of concern. And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know”

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

“I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.”

Source: For One More Day

“You can find something truly important in a minute…”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast.”

Variant: You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.
Source: For One More Day

“You know what the Buddhists say?
Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”

Source: For One More Day

“No soul remembered is ever really gone.”

Variant: Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale… Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition.”

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”

Source: Have a Little Faith: a True Story